bill@bill-MS-7B79:~$ docker images
REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE
bill-py latest 961ec677181d 5 days ago 1.32GB
alpine latest 1e42bbe25081 2 months ago 12.1MB
skunklabz/tk4-hercules latest bac92c3d2324 4 years ago 570MB
#### Run Alpine Linux ####
bill@bill-MS-7B79:~$ docker run -t -d alpine
744d8ce47874188ad295778fadb4de35d9ebfb13f531aee337ea34a40fd429f2
bill@bill-MS-7B79:~$ docker ps
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
744d8ce47874 alpine "/bin/sh" 14 seconds ago Up 10 seconds tender_shtern
#### Get me to the shell ####
bill@bill-MS-7B79:~$ docker exec -it tender_shtern sh
/ # ls
bin etc lib mnt proc run srv tmp var
dev home media opt root sbin sys usr
/ # exit Exit the shell
bill@bill-MS-7B79:~$
#### It's still running ####
bill@bill-MS-7B79:~$ docker ps
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
744d8ce47874 alpine "/bin/sh" 3 minutes ago Up 3 minutes tender_shtern
#### Stop the container ####
bill@bill-MS-7B79:~$ docker stop tender_shtern
tender_shtern
bill@bill-MS-7B79:~$ docker ps
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
bill@bill-MS-7B79:~$